But he said that Wucheng had nothing to do all night.
During the day the next day, Yan Baihu saw Sun Ce's army cutting down trees and building ladders outside the city, so he tentatively sent his younger brother Yan Yu to lead troops out of the city to harass, but was easily defeated by Sun Ce.
Even Yan Yu, who was famous for his bravery, was almost killed by Sun Ce!
On the third day, I saw countless small boats appearing on Dongtiao River in the west of the city.
It turned out that Sun Ce had brought countless large-scale siege equipment from Qiantang, such as crash carts, ladders, and ballistae.
However, Yan Baihu, who was frightened, could only watch Sun Ce's soldiers unloading the siege equipment from the ship, but did not dare to go out of the city to fight Sun Ce.
From noon until night, Sun Cejun loaded and unloaded all kinds of siege equipment from the ship.
Seeing the powerful ramming ballistas being pulled back to Sun Cejun's camp, and the ladders being reassembled, Yan Baihu and his subordinates' confidence in holding on to the city was shaken little by little.
Wucheng is in danger!
Yan Baihu returned to his "Captain's Mansion" worriedly, and when he entered the door, he bumped into someone again!
"You're blind..." Yan Yu, who was behind Yan Baihu, was about to curse, but after seeing the appearance of the person clearly, he quickly stopped speaking.
"Master Jiang..."
When Yan Baihu saw it was Jiang Gan, he didn't care about his brother's rudeness and offense. He grabbed Jiang Gan's hand and asked, "Is there anyone coming from Wanling today?"
Jiang Gan has also become quite haggard these days.
First, the wind and cold had not passed yet, and second, he and Yan Baihu were equally worried.
In the final analysis, apart from the titles of "Master of Danyang" and "Visitor of the Governor's Mansion", Jiang Gan was just a young scholar in his early twenties.
It is true that he is an eloquent person, but he is also an ordinary person who is afraid of death.
Who knows why the eldest son of the Yuan family left so many Jianghuai scholars unused, but he valued himself as a young man and entrusted him with important responsibilities again and again.
From his mission to Jingxian County to recruit Taishi Ci, to his recruitment of Jiaoji in Shexian County, his career as a visitor has been quite unsatisfactory!
Either he received a cold look or was whipped. This time, he was actually manipulated by a family friend he had grown up with since he was a kid. It was hard to explain why!
Who knows if Sun Ce would take advantage of the chaos and send someone to kill him after breaking the city, and then blame everything on Yan Baihu, thus confirming that he was taken as a hostage.
"Captain Yan, I was just going to find you..."
Jiang Gan paused and calmed down his emotions.
"Someone is coming from Wanling!"
"real?"
Yan Baihu grabbed Jiang Qian's hand: "Isn't Mr. Jiang tricking me?"
"How dare you deceive Captain Yan about such a big matter!"
"The messenger sent by Wan Ling has just arrived. He is resting in the mansion now. I am about to go to you to tell you about this matter."
Yan Baihu was overjoyed: "But the Grand Governor sent reinforcements?"
Jiang Gan nodded: "The governor sent Captain Gan Ning of Zhichong School as the vanguard, and personally led the Zhonglang General and Lieutenant of Zhechong School Huang Zhong as the central army. They are already on the way to help!"
"Okay, okay!"
Yan Baihu was overjoyed and said hello three times in a row, then suddenly realized: "I wonder how many soldiers and horses this Gan Xianfeng has under his command?"
Jiang Gan hesitated for a moment, and finally answered truthfully: "Gan Zhechong's three thousand elite soldiers are traveling day and night to get here!"
"Three thousand, three thousand... elite soldiers?"
Yan Baihu suspected that he heard wrongly.
"Just three thousand?"
"Don't be surprised, Lieutenant Yan. This Gan Zhechong is a fierce general..."
Jiang Gan wanted to praise Gan Ning more, but found that he actually didn't know Gan Ning well enough. He only knew that in Yuan Yao's heart, Gan Ning was a fierce general who dared to fight and charge.
"Well...the soldiers are not many but the best. Gan Zhechong's soldiers and horses are all..."
Well, let me talk about something else.
"Captain Yan doesn't have to worry about how many troops Gan Zhechong has."
Jiang Gan decisively changed the subject: "In order to save Captain Yan, the Grand Governor personally led the troops this time!"
"As long as the governor comes forward, even if Sun Ce has a hundred thousand troops, he has nothing to fear!"
"Does it mean that Sun Ce dares to disobey his master in public and do something wrong?"
Yan Baihu slapped his forehead and his face turned happy: "Yes, I have the support of the Governor!"
"I almost forgot that Sun Ce's son's title of Governor of Kuaiji and that bullshit title of General who killed the bandits were all given to him by the Grand Governor and his son."
"In front of the Governor, he dared to say no!"
"Brother, having said that," Yan Yu suddenly gave Yan Baihu a hand, "but when will the reinforcements and the chief governor arrive?"
After being reminded by his younger brother, Yan Baihu remembered to ask the most important question.
"May I ask Chief Jiang, where are the vanguard sent by the Governor and the headquarters of the Governor?"
Jiang Gan smiled bitterly. Although he didn't want to say the news sent by the messenger, he couldn't avoid this question.
"Gan Zhechong's vanguard army set off the night before yesterday. It should be less than two hundred miles away from Wucheng..."
"Two hundred miles? We're not even halfway there yet!"
"It will take at least three days!"
After hearing Jiang Gan's words, Yan Baihu leaned back and almost lost his breath.
"What about the Grand Governor?"
Jiang Gan bit his lip: "The Governor... I just set out early yesterday morning..."
Yan Baihu was shaky and almost fell down.
Yan Yu quickly supported his elder brother and put his hands on Yan Baihu's chest to help him breathe.
Jiang Gan didn't expect Yan Baihu to react so strongly, so he hurried forward to see Yan Baihu.
"Captain Yan, the people sent by the Commander-in-Chief have said that reinforcements will definitely arrive as long as you guard for another three days!"
"Three...three days..."
Yan Baihu panted heavily, and it took him a long time to utter three words.
"If Sun Ce hadn't brought so many siege equipment, I might have been able to defend the city for three days with all my might."
"But now..."
"I'm afraid I won't even be able to hold on to tomorrow!"
